Civil service

The scenario above simply explains a politics-administration dichotomous relationship that it is there in the modern public service management and it is no way to go. What matters most is the relationship between the levels of operation as their common denominator is to serve the public’s interests through policies and programs. A balancing or neutral point should be found and maintained by both in discharging public duties. During the development of the Wilsonian Theory of Dichotomy, it is as…

long-term plan to eradicate the Jewish people. The other view is from a functional interpretation that civil servants used administrative means to contain and remove a problem from everyday society. Adams and Balfour point out that it was not small isolated groups or large incidents that led to the killing of millions, but instead genocide was the outcome of the work from thousands of ordinary civil servants, carrying out ethically neutral and social acceptable tasks. Adams and Balfour view this…

implement their pet policies and programs in the face of legislative resistance (Ruhil pg. 28). The transition from the Spoils system to the Merit system was based on the Pendleton Act in 1883. Senator Pendleton introduced a bill to regulate the civil service and to…

our top people in disaster services is just too much.” “Several board members and veteran administrators thought that she should have suspended the employees with pay.” The continuous disagreements between Healy and those around her formed due to Healy’s work ethic. Healy’s background and motives were different compared to her colleagues, which is why there were a substantial amount of disagreements.…

Many indigent litigants in housing court go through court proceeding without representation. It is estimated that at least 90% of indigent civil litigants, or 2.3 million people, in New York go without an attorney in civil matters. 2 Whereas close to 100 percent of landlords have representation. 3 With housing court skewed for landlord’s eviction are almost a certainty and forces people to homelessness. The number of people entering city shelters has passed alarming rates. The only way to…

and capable leader, but also with a strong base of civil service to support the whole system. By viewing the government structure in a bottom-up manner, the civil service in Hong Kong can be symbolized as the backbone of the government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR). The Civil Service is responsible for various policies implementations and administration. To be specific, according to the Civil Service Code, civil service supports the HKSAR government in “formulating,…

Civil service reform and cutback management have both become an evolving area of concern regarding its role in public management. Many questions arise when it comes to the concerns of opportunities that are accessible to governmental decision makers in a period of economic reduction with expenditures, and the varieties of administrative tensions that are employed upon the organization when the strains of some assemblies cannot be satisfied. The twofold role of political servants and management…

1. Who are the influencers in your life? There have been a number of people who have influenced my life and my leadership point of view. My parents are the most impactful and influential people in my life. My parents instilled numerous values that shape my life. My father was extremely adamant about instilling respect and manners into my brother and I. He constantly told us to be respectful of all people, whether or not we believe they deserve our respect or not because every person needs…

Spoils System The spoils system a system in which your friends come into power with you. A system in which if you are the most loyal follower of a certain person in power you get into power. A great example is shown on pg 40 of the novel The Destiny of the Republic when it states that “ ten years earlier then President Grant had given Conkling his most fiercely loyal supporter, control of the New York Customs house.” That is the spoils system at its finest because it shows that supporters of…

Civil Service, the other way that you can serve your country for all the freedoms it has given you, specially in America. Something that should be mandatory for every American after high school is civil service because it teaches people to appreciate the work others do every day, it also teaches Americans to cooperate with other ethnicities. People of other religious beliefs, teaching them tolerance and teamwork, finally it can also teach them important or needed skills like leadership and…